to station
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3.6
- verb
- /ˈsteɪʃən/
- After the Spanish-American War in 1898, US troops were stationed in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Panama, and the Philippines.
- station troops
- station forces
- permanently stationed
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- Countries where American troops are stationed are blessed.
- You know, I will say he did one solid for me when I was stationed in Athens.
- And so they actually there was a woman that was stationed outside a guard outside my cell.
- I did grow up on Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, where my stepfather was stationed.
- So, so it started when I was at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for a few months training and then stationed in California.
- And so we find out that the border is being patrolled, but this is sort of like being stationed in the middle of nowhere to these military people.
- Yeah, So troops stationed by the thousands, it's now a crime punishable by death to smash a machine.
Examples
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The only solution was to increase the number of agents stationed overseas.
Academic text (2015) -
The Army stationed my father in South Korea.
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How many troops, if any, will the United States choose to station on the European continent?
Academic text (1994) -
Are there any army units stationed near Burpelson?
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He got stationed here about 10 years ago.
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He'd been drafted while still in high school and stationed in the Philippines.
Fiction book (1994) -
I need to meet with twenty-one of the Division Firsts currently stationed on the planet.
Fiction book (1992) -
In February 1958, Master Sergeant Stanley was stationed with his wife and children at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Academic text (1999) -
I'm Sgt. Anders, NATO forces, stationed here in Bucharest.
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The Army stationed my father in South Korea.
Synonyms
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1.0
Make someone go to a place, often for work or as punishment
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1.0
To put something in a particular position or job
47
4.2
To assign someone to a place or job as part of their work
11
3.9
Put someone or something in a certain place
10
4.0
To assign a time or place for something
Antonyms
Compounds
177
1.3
A place that makes and sends shows you hear on radio or online, like news and music
- Specialized
131
3.9
A large place built in space where people live and work for science
- Specialized
21
7.1
A place often on a ship where sailors or soldiers go to prepare for fighting
- Specialized
13
2.7
A place with instruments and people who measure and record the weather
- Specialized
8
3.7
A device that picks up and sends a signal to make it stronger or reach farther
- Specialized
7
3.2
A building with machines that move water or sewage to other places
1
3.7
A portable rechargeable battery that gives electricity to devices when there is no power
- Specialized
1
4.4
A place where people watch and record weather, animals, or stars
1
9.5
An image in a church showing a part of Jesus's final journey to the place where he died
1
6.3
A place in another country where church workers live to teach and help local people
1
4.5
A marked place where buses or trains stop to pick up and drop off passengers
- Specialized
1
6.0
A place with equipment that makes weak communication signals stronger
- Specialized
A computer terminal connected to a system over a network, not directly
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Station comes from Latin statio, from stare 'to stand', the same root as stand. To station someone is to put them to 'stand' at a particular place, so the verb means to assign a person to a post or duty.